This was was cloned from bug 8278 as part of operation LATER convergence.
Originally filed: 2009-11-13 14:42:00 +0000
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#0 contributor@whatwg.org 2009-11-13 14:42:14 +0000
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Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#dom-media-currenttime
Comment:
why can't the frame number be requested? It's video, position is expressed in frames, not in seconds. a frames per second value could easily convert this to seconds
Posted from: 193.191.148.194
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#1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-01-05 08:01:33 +0000
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Status: Partially Accepted
Change Description: no change
Rationale: This is something we should add in due course, yes. At this time, however, I'm wary of adding new features until the browsers have caught up with what the spec already specifies.
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